LENORA REID-ROSE

Director – Cultural Competence and Health Literacy

LENORA REID-ROSE

Director – Cultural Competence and Health Literacy

With more than two decades of experience in the behavioral health field, Lenora has served as a consultant and educator at the state, regional and national levels. She has extensive expertise in developing and implementing cultural competence assessments, training initiatives, and programs - helping agencies understand where they are on the continuum of cultural competence and then identifying critical changes in policy, practice, education and training needed to support continued progress.

In addition to her assessment and monitoring work within Monroe and other counties, Lenora oversees a youth empowerment program for at-risk teenagers living in New York State. Lenora also serves as co-director of the Nathan Kline Center of Excellence, which is focused on establishing evidence-based practices for Latino, African-American and Asian-American populations.

Lenora serves on a number of committees at the State and national level, including her current work as a member of the New York State Office of Mental Health Multicultural Advisory Committee. She was recently named to the New York State Minority Health Council, which was created in 1992 to consider issues related to the preservation and improvement of minority health New York State and to advise the Commissioner of Health on these important issues. Lenora is the immediate past Co-Chair of the Board of Directors of the New York State Association for Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services (NYAPRS) and continues to serve on various NYAPRS committees. Lenora also serves on the Diversity Committee and Membership Committee of the American Association of Mental Health Administrators. She received her Master's in Business Administration at Rochester Institute of Technology, and her Business Administration degree and Teaching Certification from the University of the West Indies, Jamaica.